1991年秋,宁夏文物考古研究所在宁夏贺兰县拜寺沟方塔中发现西夏文佛经《吉祥遍至口和本续》(简称《本续》)。经牛达生研究员整理研究,皆蝴蝶装印本,计有9册,总220多页,约10万字,是译自藏文的藏传佛教密宗经典。牛达生研究认为是木活字版印本(论文发表在《中国印刷》1994年第2期)。鉴于这一研究成果对研究我国古代木活字印 In the autumn of 1991, Ningxia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology discovered the Xixia Buddhist scriptures “auspicious times to the mouth and the continuation” (referred to as the “present”) in the square temple of Paisigou, Helan County, Ningxia. Researched by the researcher Niu Dasheng, all are butterfly-mounted printed books, accounting for 9 volumes, with a total of more than 220 pages, about 100,000 words, which are translated from Tibetan Buddhism Tantric Classic. Niu Dasheng study that is wood type printing (paper published in “China Printing” 1994 the second period). In view of the research results on the study of ancient Chinese wood-based printing